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Broken clock and all that(lemmy.world)

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paddirn@lemmy.world
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The joke itself does a kind of bait & switch, it makes you think it’s going to be a trans joke, but then the last line sort of subverts expectations. The trans portion is necessary for the setup, as the punchline doesn’t make much sense without it, but it’s more a gender inequality joke.

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ArachnidMania@lemm.ee
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Thanks peter

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BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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It’s almost like a garden path sentence.

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rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.ee
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A gender path sentence, if you will

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feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
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I won’t.

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kreekybonez@lemmy.world
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hot damn, that’s a great term

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